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Tuesday March 31, 2015

On Alternative Health, nutritionist Eve Prang Plews discusses the hazards of carmel-colored cola, how to naturally fight off allergies during pollen season, and how to pick the best olive oils. She then takes callers questions and offers advice on HPV vaccines, antibiotics,and aspects of paleo and gluten-free diets.

Two years ago a Chechen man was shot to death while he was being interrogated by the
FBI in Orlando. Ibragim Todashev was being questioned about what he knew about the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who had been killed shortly after the attacks in Boston. During the long interview the FBI says their agents were attacked by Todashev before he was shot to death. Now the family of Todashev is suing the FBI.

Joining WMNF MidPoint in the studio are Hassan Shibly, the executive director of t...

We listen to last Friday's episode of Florida this Week, moderated by Radioactivity host Rob Lorei. The governor's state of the state address and the most contentious issues of the current legislative session are discussed by a diverse panel of political experts: Tampa Bay times politics and business managing editor Amy Hollyfield, USF St.Pete Professor Emeritus of Government Dr. Darryl Paulson, Pasco Tax Collector and former state senator Mike Fasano, and political strategist Barry Edwards. ...

Loretta Napoleoni, an expert on money laundering and terror financing,speaks from Seattle's town hall on the spread of ISIS and radical caliphates in context of an anti-imperialist reaction to western influences. She also explains how ISIS has been able appeal to youths in the western world.

Napoleoni is an author and columnist for La Stampa, La Repubblica, El País, and Le Monde. She is a former Fulbright Scholar with degrees from John Hopkins University and the London School of Economics.

On March 7 1965, hundreds of nonviolent activists began to march from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery in protest of the discriminatory voting practices against African-Americans in Alabama. Upon crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge they were intercepted by State troopers and county police, who beat and tear-gassed the demonstrators when they refused to return to Selma. Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of this pivotal moment in civil rights history, which would go on to be kn...

The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in a case that could fundamentally dismantle the provision of the Affordable Care Act that allows people to obtain private health insurance at a more affordable rate.

King v. Burwell challenges the federal subsidies given to U.S. citizens who earn a household income between 100% and 400% the federal poverty level. That means 7.3 million people who rely on the subsidy to pay for otherwise too costly premiums could lose that benefit...

Orange is the New Black author, Piper Kerman, is asking Floridians to put Governor Scott’s close ties to the prison industry under the microscope. Her book is the basis for a popular Netflix series about her unsettling experiences in prison. Kerman spoke Thursday night at Eckerd College as part a series celebrating Women’s History Month. Before the event ...

RunWarrenRun.org is the website devoted to drafting Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren to run for the Democratic nomination for president. So far the former economics professor has resisted the siren call, but Vicki Kaplan from the group says that she was also resistant to run for Senate in 2012, and the rest is history.

Kaplan and her associates are members with MoveOn.org, the progressive group formed in the late 1990's during the middle of the Bill Clinton impeachment imbroglio. She...

In November, voters approved Amendment 1 to allocate money for environmental conservation in Florida. This brings renewed hope for the restoration of the Everglades, which has been devastated by development and pollution over the last century. Waters that once flowed in a wide river from Lake Okeechobe to the southern tip of the state have been dammed and diverted to the east and west coasts, polluting the estuaries there with agricultural pesticide run-off and starving the Everglades of wate...

A $2 billion federal program to reimburse hospitals that many poor and uninsured patients will expire at the end of June. Florida Governor Rick Scott sent president Obama a letter asking the feds to renew the LIP program. In St. Petersburg Thursday morning Scott reiterated his support for receiving the federal funds.

Scott was in St. Pete to champion his tax cuts he says have helped Florida companies stay in business and thrive. He held a press conference at the e-commerce company Jagged P...